What Kevin Simler thinks about discipline

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Writer and engineer behind the blog Melting Asphalt, and co-author with Robin Hanson of The Elephant in the Brain.

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1 dated position, 2016, in their own words. Our reading of what Kevin Simler has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 2 Nov 2016

   Our readingSocial incentives, not reasoning errors, are the main cause of humanity's biggest and most persistent thinking mistakes.

   Their wordsI contend that social incentives are the root of all our biggest thinking errors.

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